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The effect of particles and electromagnetic waves on vortex structures in the atmosphere and the ionosphere

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The formation of vortex structures in an inhomogeneous gyrotropic atmosphere was stochastically determined. Atmospheric gyrotropy is induced by the Coriolis force acting as the Earth rotates and the motion of charged particles in the geomagnetic field. Vortices of a plasma nature are observed in the atmosphere. The electric field of such plasma vortices originates within the fields of pressure gradients of a mosaic cell topology upon the ionization of particles. It is shown that waves in a neutral atmosphere, electric fields, and electromagnetic waves affect the stability of vortex structures. Wave signals from anthropogenic sources and smog may stimulate local precipitation upon the passage of a cloud front and weaken or strengthen vortex structures. The plasma vortex may capture charged particles of different masses. The charge separation in plasma vortex structures is driven by the polarization drift at the decay of electric fields. The self-focusing of plasma vortices upon the condensation of moisture in the atmospheric cloud cover leads to an increase in the energy of vortices.

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Original Russian Text © N.I. Izhovkina, 2015, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2015, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 350–360.

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Izhovkina, N.I. The effect of particles and electromagnetic waves on vortex structures in the atmosphere and the ionosphere. Geomagn. Aeron. 55, 333–343 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793215020073

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